Posts tagged "ebay"

My inbox is inundated with sample sales -- from Gilt Groupe, Editor's Closet, The Clothing Line, and Daily Candy's updates. But now there's one more to add to the list of tempting sales. eBay must feel left out, because they just launched their very own online shopping section. Their Fashion Vault opened…

I don't know what's gotten into me lately, but I seem to have developed some kind of strange, vague obsession with Shauna Sand. There is something about a woman who walks around 24/7 in Lucite stripper shoes, who has turned herself into a kind of living Barbie, who may very well have…

This morning we trekked through the rain to the Apple store in downtown NYC where we were treated to quite the unusual fashion show. In the spirit of "the democratization of fashion," instead of hustling past bodyguards and navigating seat assignments there was no insane crowd as usual -- even though I had an invite,…

Most designers wouldn't touch eBay with a ten-foot pole because the online auction site routinely makes counterfeit pieces available to the public, but Narciso Rodriguez seems ready to take a chance. He's in talks to design an eight-piece collection for eBay. The prices will range from $75 to $350, which means we commo…

Everyone knows that prescription pills are available to anyone looking for them, if you know how to search online. Not that it's a legal means—but abusing prescription painkillers isn't all that lawful to begin with. A year or two ago, we all heard about people buying the no-joke acne medicine, Accutane, online—without a prescriptio…

Yes, these filthy flip-flops were for sale on eBay and even managed to fetch $7.99. No, we're not sure who icks us out more: the person who sold the sandals or the one who bought them. Either way, it just feels wrong. But what's really worse? The fact that these are possibly not the grossest…

Screw eBay, this morning on the "The Today Show" we learned of an auction site way better (and cheaper) than Meg Whitman's site. Retired Detective Tom Lane came up with a website to sell off all of the stolen goods police stations seize, calling it PropertyRoom.com. Profits are split with the…

Yes! I’ve been waiting for this! Botox sounds like something I could totally do myself, and this DIY Botox kit on eBay comes with a map that shows you where to inject. Just mix the "Botox powder" with the saline solution, and for $95 I can poke needles into my skin in the comfort of…

When a breakup goes bad (when don't they?), it's natural to feel angry. There are the obvious ways to express that emotion--egging his car, throwing his belongings out a window, changing your locks. Or, you could take a more subtle and modern approach through technology. Sure, the following tactics might not be entirely legal, but…

The Australian man who said he was going to auction off everything in his life, including a few friends, after a bad breakup opened up bids on eBay yesterday. The reserve price was $500,000, but bidding has gone as high as $2.2 million. This guy will probably make a huge profit on hi…

Women can be a little crazy after a breakup -- hello, Heather Mills! But men have the ability to go equally nuts. An Australia man is auctioning off his life on eBay -- house, car, job, clothes, and friends -- because he wants to start over. He says that his ex-wife heard about his idea:…

It took a few years, but manly ingenuity has finally found a worse way to break up with someone than on a post-it note. Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales dumped his girlfriend, Fox News commentator Rachel Marsden, through a post on his own website. The recently divorced website mogul took notice of the cute…

Porn star, Presidential candidate, and Celebrity Rehab star Mary Carey is auctioning off her old breast implants on eBay calling them "The best stocking stuffer of all time!" Clearly she's never seen the Christmas beer coozey our grandma knitted for us in 1995. In any case, this for sale silicone isn't just for fun and…

Simply Irresistible

Over the years, we've poked fun at a lot of "based on a true story" movies that turned out to be bullshit. But then we thought that maybe we should stop giving Hollywood shit for embellishing history a bit if it lets them tell a slightly better story. So instead, we decided to give Hollywood…

As you slog your way through the myriad not-yet-April Fools' Day pranks that plague this nation, revel in this: no one has ever pranked someone better than Michael Jackson pranked Russell Crowe, and he did it for years. In an interview with The Guardian, Crowe revealed that despite having never met Jackson,…